"Stern fate and time Will have their victims; and the best die first, Leaving the bad still strong, though past their prime, To curse the hopeless world they ever curs'd Vaunting vile deeds, and vainest of the worst."

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Source : Ebenezer Elliott, Mark Storey (2008). “Selected Poetry of Ebenezer Elliott”, p.61, Associated University Presse

Ebenezer Elliott

#Strong Quotes #Fate Quotes #Past Quotes

“Chic is a combination of style and fashion.”
“Catfish is not playing guitar no more, he's doing like a home-front thing. He had been in the business around ten years before I got in it, so I guess he's had enough of it.”
“Traditional hedonism...was based on the direct experience of pleasure: wine, women and song; sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll; or whatever the local variant. The problem, from a capitalist perspective, is that there are inherent limits to all this. People become sated, bored...Modern self-illusory hedonism solves this dilemma because here, what one is really consuming are fantasies and day-dreams about what having a certain product would be like.”
“Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.”
“This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky, Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain.”
“I was in the parking lot, with the key in the car, and I thought to myself: If this is my last night on earth, would I rather spend it at a business meeting or with this woman? I ran across the parking lot, asked her if she'd have dinner with me. She said yes, we walked into town, and we've been together ever since.”
“A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.”
“People call me fat, but I don't care. I don't want to starve myself cause I am beautiful the way I am.”

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